Sherrilynne Starkie

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What’s your social media marketing budget?

Sherrilynne Starkie

What should be your social media marketing budget? In the not-too-distant past, marketers used three per cent of turnover as the marketing budget ‘rule of thumb’. Newbies are often surprised by how much time social media can eat. Newbies are often surprised by how much time social media can eat.

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Five content marketing tricks of a great social media consultant

Sherrilynne Starkie

Here’s five content marketing tricks to improve content marketing initiatives. As in most professions, an experienced social media consultant knows certain tricks of the trade to content marketing work better, faster, easier. There is no doubt that social media, when done right, is a time suck.

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Facebook scandal: The dawn of a new era in social media marketing?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Issues about trust, transparency and ethics in social media are being discussed around many dinner tables this week. Facebook’s so-called data breach is dominating news cycles, and the story is making people more aware of how the social network uses their data. Facebook will continue to be an effective marketing platform.

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Why your social media isn’t working

Sherrilynne Starkie

It takes digital knowledge along with solid marketing and communications experience. Despite sinking time and resources into social media, many companies are not seeing the results they want. Bringing in a certified social media consultant can turn things around quickly. Your strategy is off (or non-existent).

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. This is the integrated digital media and marketing communications framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge.

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How a social media consultant can help your business

Sherrilynne Starkie

When you figure that nine out of ten Canadian adults use social media, it’s clear where the best marketing opportunity is. Many organizations are on social media, yet they don’t see tangible business advantages. Adding a social media consultant to your team will fix this.

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6 Content Marketing Skills You Need to Succeed in 2021

Sherrilynne Starkie

Here’s some year end social media tips. Marketing and communcations professionals are adapting to survive. And, that means rapid upskilling for most in-house marketing communications teams. The post 6 Content Marketing Skills You Need to Succeed in 2021 appeared first on Sherrilynne Starkie. Good bye 2020!

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